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Sentence Building Race

6. There were some computer games in the

1. Mike studied hard for his English test
shop

2. There was a TV in Sam's room 7. Tom phoned Kim this morning

8. We watched a great film at the cinema last

3. Cathy stayed in America last year
night

4. We were hungry 9. Gary worked at a garage last summer

5. Terry played in a tennis tournament on

10. Yesterday morning it was cloudy
Sunday

.Paul decided
.she studied in .we asked for .he didnt
to buy one for his
New York some sandwiches pass.
brother

....in the ....she didn't

....then we had a
.it wasn't cold. afternoon it started to want to go out with
pizza
rain him.

....his girlfriend ....it wasn't very ....he didn't like ....she didn't visit
watched the match good. the job. Washington D.C.

....he used it to
....he asked her ....he read his ....it wasn't very
watch his favourite
out textbook for hours delicious.
programme

....he saved a lot ....it didn't ....there wasn't

....he didn't win.
of money belong to him. anything to eat.

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Sentence Building Race
In this sentence-building activity, students race to make past simple affirmative and negative
complex sentences.

Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each pair of students and cut as indicated.

Procedure

Divide the students into pairs and give each pair a set of cards.

Explain to the students that they are going to race to make ten complex past simple
sentences.

Each sentence contains three clauses. Students have to join the second clause to the first
clause using the conjunction and and the third clause using but. Explain that the third
clause is negative.

Students then work together and race to complete the ten sentences. Students must write
and and but in the spaces provided and lay them out on the table in the correct order.

The first pair of students to complete all of the sentences correctly wins.

Answer Key

1. Mike studied hard for his English test and he read his textbook for hours, but he didnt
pass.

2. There was a TV in Sam's room and he used it watch his favourite programme, but it didn't
belong to him.

3. Cathy stayed in America last year and she studied in New York, but she didn't visit
Washington D.C.

4. We were hungry and we asked for some sandwiches, but there wasn't anything to eat.

5. Terry played in a tennis tournament on Sunday and his girlfriend watched the match, but
he didn't win.

6. There were some computer games in the shop and Paul decided to buy one for his
brother, but it wasn't very good.

7. Tom phoned Kim this morning and he asked her out, but she didn't want to go out with
him.

8. We watched a great film at the cinema last night and then we had a pizza, but it wasn't
very delicious.

9. Gary worked at a garage last summer and he saved a lot of money, but he didn't like the
job.

10. Yesterday morning it was cloudy and in the afternoon it started to rain, but it wasn't cold.

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